Overview
- The Delhi Anti‑Corruption Branch on Tuesday arrested former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain and five others, including ex‑DJB CEO Udit Prakash Rai, in a case alleging deliberate changes to technical tender terms that favoured a named company for a ₹1,546.32 crore sewage‑treatment‑plant upgrade.
- ACB says digital chat records and banking traces show draft tender documents and suspect transfers, and the agency told court it is pursuing phone and financial evidence linking officials to preferential tender conditions.
- Jain has told the court and media that the arrest is politically motivated and timed ahead of Punjab assembly polls; he was produced before Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday where proceedings are ongoing.
- Parallel enforcement actions continued: the Enforcement Directorate carried out raids at 10 locations tied to Azam Khan and the Jauhar Trust under PMLA, while state police in Delhi, Karnataka, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh made arrests in separate violent‑crime and fraud cases including a Burari suitcase homicide suspect, a Shivamogga attacker recorded on video, a Bengaluru luxury‑car gang and a large fake‑ghee network in Hyderabad.
- The probe dates back to tender work in late 2021 and an FIR filed in May 2024, and prosecutors now face a phase of forensic and financial work that could produce more charges or recoveries and that will shape legal outcomes and political debate in coming weeks.